Code Civ. Proc., § 994 · Chapter 1. Proceedings Against Joint Debtors
Code Civ. Proc., § 994
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The issues formed may be tried as in other cases; but when the defendant denies, in his answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against him, it must be for not exceeding the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.
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History
Enacted 1872.
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